TechCrunch says Facebook to go Open Source!

I like the sound of it. I have been selling virtues of open source strategy for some time and I know it works.
Facebook will have a convincing claim for leadership in emerging internet operating system if they let other developers run with significant chunk of social networking shell. Shell which hosts all social graph processing. [...]

Facebook decided to block Google’s FriendConnect

Charlie Cheever from Facebook has hurled first real bomb in closely observed attempts by  social networking platforms to "open up".  Data portability promise got first reality check of ToS violation.

Facebook spent couple of days brainstorming on Google's "grand design" and came to conclusion that it's better to block them right away. So no Google [...]

Myspace’s Data Availability - The walls are coming down

Facebook and Myspace are extremely busy in wooing  developers. Yesterday Facebook announced changes in Profile display and API support. Today Myspace came out with a significantly expanded approach to data sharing. Or as they are calling it Data Availability. Myspace also formally joined Data Portability group.
Let's understand full significance of this announcement from developer's [...]

Dot Teen: Portrait of a Facebook Generation

Graziella Jackson wrote this well researched piece on .teen phenomena. Plenty of interesting points to digest and debate. Teenagers “heart” many new things.

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Dot Teen: Portrait of a Facebook Generation
Today’s teens are roughly the same age as the Internet. Digital spaces provide an [...]